Overview
The Documentary is the commercial debut studio album by American rapper The Game. It was released on January 18, 2005, by Interscope Records, Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment and 50 Cent's G-Unit Records. The record serves as his major-label debut, preceded by his independently released debut Untold Story in 2004. In 2001, while the Game was in hospital recovering from a shooting, he decided to pursue a career in music. He released the mixtape, "Q.B. 2 Compton" under his then record label "Get Low Recordz" in 2002, which was later discovered by Dr. Dre and led to him signing the Game to his label, Aftermath Entertainment. The album includes production from high-profile producers such as Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Scott Storch and Timbaland, among others, and guest appearances from 50 Cent, Eminem, Nate Dogg and Faith Evans, among others. This would be the Game's only album on all three labels, as he left them later in 2006 after a feud began between him and fellow G-Unit label-mate 50 Cent.